# 2024–25 S.C. Braga season

The 2024–25 season is the 104th season in the history of Sporting Clube de Braga, and the club's 32nd consecutive season in the top flight of Portuguese football. In addition to the domestic league, the club are participating in the Taça de Portugal, Taça da Liga and UEFA Europa League.

## Squad

    As of 1 August 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Matheus |
| 2 | DF | ESP | Víctor Gómez |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Robson Bambu |
| 4 | DF | MLI | Sikou Niakaté |
| 5 | DF | TUR | Serdar Saatçı |
| 6 | MF | BRA | Vitor Carvalho |
| 7 | FW | POR | Bruma |
| 8 | MF | POR | João Moutinho |
| 9 | FW | MAR | Amine El Ouazzani |
| 10 | MF | POR | André Horta |
| 11 | FW | GNB | Roger Fernandes |
| 12 | GK | POR | Tiago Sá |
| 15 | DF | POR | Paulo Oliveira |
| 16 | MF | URU | Rodrigo Zalazar |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | SWE | Joe Mendes |
| 19 | DF | ESP | Adrián Marín |
| 20 | FW | POR | Rony Lopes |
| 21 | FW | POR | Ricardo Horta (captain) |
| 22 | MF | URU | Thiago Helguera |
| 23 | FW | COD | Simon Banza |
| 26 | DF | GER | Bright Arrey-Mbi |
| 27 | DF | POL | Bartłomiej Wdowik |
| 29 | MF | FRA | Jean-Baptiste Gorby |
| 31 | GK | BRA | Bernardo |
| 33 | FW | POR | João Marques |
| 77 | FW | ESP | Gabri Martínez |
| 90 | FW | ESP | Roberto Fernández |
| 91 | GK | CZE | Lukáš Horníček |

## Transfers
### In

| Pos. | Player | Transferred from | Fee | Date |
| FW | Amine El Ouazzani | Guingamp | €3,500,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| DF | Robson Bambu | OGC Nice | €1,200,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | João Marques | Estoril | €3,500,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| MF | Thiago Helguera | Nacional | €3,800,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| DF | Bartłomiej Wdowik | Jagiellonia Białystok | €1,500,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Fran Navarro | Porto | Loan | 1 January 2025 |

### Out

| Pos. | Player | Transferred to | Fee | Date |
| MF | Álvaro Djaló | Athletic Bilbao | €15,000,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| DF | Al-Musrati | Beşiktaş | €11,000,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| FW | Abel Ruiz | Girona | €8,500,000 | 1 July 2024 |
| DF | Bartłomiej Wdowik | Hannover 96 | Loan | 30 August 2024 |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Primeira Liga | 11 August 2024 | 18 May 2025 | Matchday 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 054.55 |
| Taça de Portugal | 18–20 October 2024 | | Third round | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Taça da Liga | 29–31 October 2024 | | Quarter-finals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 100.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 25 July 2024 | | Second qualifying round | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 23 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 24 | +16 | 056.52 |
Last updated: 11 August 2024 Source: Soccerway

### Primeira Liga
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Porto | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 9 | +31 | 40 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Benfica | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 38 | 11 | +27 | 38 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Braga | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 19 | +11 | 31 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Santa Clara | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 31 | |
| 6 | Vitória de Guimarães | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 25 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Liga Portugal

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | W | D | L | W | W | L | W | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Points | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 20 |

#### Matches

The league fixtures were released on 7 July 2024.
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Taça de Portugal

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### Taça da Liga

Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying phase
##### Second qualifying round

The second qualifying round draw was held on 19 June 2024, Braga were drawn against Israeli Premier League side Maccabi Petah Tikva.

##### Third qualifying round

The third qualifying round draw was held on 22 July 2024, Braga were drawn against Swiss Super League side Servette.

##### Play-off round

The play-off round draw was held on 5 August 2024, Braga were drawn against Austrian Football Bundesliga side Rapid Wien.

#### League phase

The league phase draw was held on 30 August 2024.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 23 | Midtjylland | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded) |
| 24 | IF Elfsborg | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 7 | Advance to knockout phase play-offs (unseeded) |
| 25 | Braga | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 7 | |
| 26 | TSG Hoffenheim | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 | |
| 27 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 6 | |
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | L | L | D | | | | |
| Position | 11 | 20 | 26 | 26 | | | | |
| Points | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | | | | |
Win  Draw  Loss  Fixtures